Composition for preserving eggs.



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GEORGE WVAL'IEMAR DU NAH, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

COMPOSITION FOR PRESERVING EGGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 685,750, dated November5, 1901- Application filed December 26, 1900. Serial No. 411101- (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE WALTEMAR DU NAH, a resident of Bloomington,in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invent- 5 ed certainnew and useful Improvements in Compositions for Preserving Eggs; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a fnll,clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which 10 it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improved composition for preserving eggs, theobject of the invention being to provide an improved composition orcompound which when an egg is r 5 immersed therein will hermeticallyseal the shell and protect the egg from climatic influences by formingan air-tight closure around the egg.

With this object in view the invention con- 20 sists in a composition orcompound comprising one hundred per cent. of soft water, thirty percent. of lime, three per cent. of sulfuric gig, two per cent. ofmagnesia and cusps cent. of Hoiilpans anp d igand these ingre- 2 5dients are thoroughly mixed together.

In carrying out my process I immerse the eggs in the composition orcompound above GEORGE WALTEMAR DU NAB.

Witnesses:

CHAS. Hose, Lo'r'rrn B. RANKIN.

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described, which, adhering to the shell and

